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	What if Microsoft threw an iPad Office party, and no one came? Microsoft will make a killing when it launches Office apps for Apple's iPad and tablets powered by Google's Android. Or will it? Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Identify and Minimize Fraud Risks View this IBM webinar to learn about the challenges and opportunities in fraud reduction, waste, and abuse in government programs and agencies. You will learn how IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager (IIM) can help your organization. Learn More. In this Issue FCC will set new net neutrality rules Microsoft kills SkyDrive, launches OneDrive Google eyes 34 cities for gigabit fiber expansion Tizen, not Android, to run Samsung's next Gear smartwatch Tip of the Hat: What would unlikely merger bring to Tesla, Apple Republicans protest FCC's net neutrality move, ISPs less concerned INSIDER How to build the perfect smartwatch Next-gen LTE and virtualization vie for attention at Mobile World Congress Intel's new Xeon server chip pushes Itanium closer to end First Ubuntu phones to launch in 2014 Alcatel-Lucent works with Red Hat to virtualize mobile networks Oracle creates suite of marketing software Jonny Evans: Mac users four times more engaged than Windows users Preston Gralla: Nokia's upcoming Windroid phone exploits Android's Achilles' heel: Its openness RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference + Expo Lead the consumerization culture shift Consumer technologies are changing business in fundamental ways. Learn how to lead the culture shift in your enterprise at the third annual Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) April 27–29 in San Francisco. Learn more FCC will set new net neutrality rules The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will not seek further judicial review of a January court ruling that struck down the agency's net neutrality regulations, but it does plan to issue a new set of rules covering ISPs. Read More   Microsoft kills SkyDrive, launches OneDrive Three weeks after announcing OneDrive as the new label for SkyDrive, Microsoft today activated the renamed storage service, and offered some new incentives that give customers more space. Read More   Google eyes 34 cities for gigabit fiber expansion Google has chosen 34 cities across the U.S. as the next sites for possible expansion of its gigabit-speed Fiber Internet service. Read More   Tizen, not Android, to run Samsung's next Gear smartwatch   Samsung on Monday will unveil its second-generation Galaxy Gear smartwatch, this one running the open source Tizen operating system, not the Android software that runs the first-generation model, according to reports. Read More   Tip of the Hat: What would unlikely merger bring to Tesla, Apple Computerworld offers a Tip of the Hat to Richard Read of The Christian Science Monitor for a look at The Tesla-Apple rumors and what such an unlikely deal could mean for Apple's developers and users, and what it could bring to Tesla. Read More   Republicans protest FCC's net neutrality move, ISPs less concerned Some Republican policymakers objected to a new U.S. Federal Communications Commission plan to reinstate its net neutrality rules after a court threw them out, but broadband providers appeared to be less concerned. Read More     INSIDER How to build the perfect smartwatch Most of the features of the perfect smartwatch exist today, but not all in the same product. (Insider; registration required) Read More     WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation   The MDM advantage: Creating insight from big data To help enterprises create trusted insight as the volume, velocity and variety of data continue to explode, IBM offers several solutions designed to help organizations uncover previously unavailable insights and use them to support and inform decisions across the business. View Now Next-gen LTE and virtualization vie for attention at Mobile World Congress Faster and more flexible mobile networks enabled by small cells, virtualization and next-generation LTE are expected to highlight infrastructure trends at Mobile World Congress next week. Read More   Intel's new Xeon server chip pushes Itanium closer to end The end-of-life writing is on the wall for Intel's high-end Itanium chip, with the launch this week of the high-performance usurper, the chip maker's 15-core Xeon E7 v2 chip. Read More   First Ubuntu phones to launch in 2014 The first smartphones based on a mobile version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system will be launched this year, the company's CEO said. Read More   Alcatel-Lucent works with Red Hat to virtualize mobile networks Alcatel-Lucent is betting big on operators wanting to virtualize their mobile networks using NFV (Network Functions Virtualization) technology, in order to become more nimble and less reliant on proprietary hardware. Read More   Oracle creates suite of marketing software After spending billions to acquire a series of marketing-related software companies, Oracle is now undergoing the process of creating a unified suite it can take to battle against competing offerings from the likes of Salesforce.com and Microsoft. Read More   Jonny Evans: Mac users four times more engaged than Windows users   Mac users are almost four times more likely to upgrade to the latest edition of their OS in comparison with Windows users, with nearly a quarter of the most active users of both platforms now using Macs. Read More   Preston Gralla: Nokia's upcoming Windroid phone exploits Android's Achilles' heel: Its openness The Android phone Nokia is expected to release next week at Mobile World Congress will apparently have an interface that looks more like Windows than Android, and feature Microsoft and Nokia services, rather those made by Android-maker Google. It looks as if Microsoft will be exploiting Android's Achilles' heel: Its openness. Read More
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